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The American Lawyer

After Pandemic Hiatus, Lawyer Exchange Offers Talent Development, Retention, Referral Opportunities

U.S. law firm exchanges will begin later this year, according to global legal network Meritas, which has already facilitated recent lawyer swaps in the U.K. and Oceania.
3 minute read

Law.com

Unauthorized, Volunteer-Related Transactions on Firm's Card Results in Attorney's Suspension

Haynes was a long-time volunteer with the WSBA and often traveled to attend meetings and conferences. She charged some WSBA-related volunteer expenses to one law firm's credit card without prior authorization from the firm but failed to promptly notify and reimburse the law firm when she received direct reimbursement from the WSBA for those expenses, the court said.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

When the Tide Goes Out

With large, elite law firms drawing a diminishing amount of their revenue from litigation, how can they continue to expect to be the destination for bet-the-company cases?
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Court Revives Suit From Fired Lawyer Who Asked to Work Remotely During COVID

"Milman believed that her symptomatic two-year-old son … may have contracted the illness. Faced with these facts, Milman made a request for unpaid leave to care for her son, a hallmark FMLA claim," the panel said.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Fired, Sued and Launching a New Firm: Ex-Kline & Specter Attorney Says He's Not Going Anywhere

The 33-year-old, who has a reputation in the defense bar as being overly aggressive in court, is now operating a solo practice in One Liberty Place where he hopes to launch a successful catastrophic injury practice in Philadelphia's competitive personal injury market.
10 minute read

Law.com

Attorney Agrees to Public Reprimand for Failing to Supervise Paralegal Who Misappropriated $1.2M in Client Funds

"Respondent, as the sole attorney working on these matters, and as the managing and often the only attorney in her office, was responsible for protecting client or fiduciary funds under her control, for disbursing those funds only to the person or entity entitled to receive them, for reconciling her escrow account monthly, and for ensuring that non-lawyer staff complied with the same professional obligations," the subcommittee said.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Ajamie Hires Houston Trial Lawyer With Litigation Funding Chops

Eric Chenoweth, a trial lawyer who worked in litigation funding for six years, joined Ajamie as senior counsel in Houston.
2 minute read

Law.com

Judge Approves $2.25M Unpaid Wages Class Action, Reserving 1/3 of Common Fund for Attorney Fees

A federal judge has approved a $2.25 million class action settlement in favor of workers who were allegedly instructed by their employer not to include two 15-minute breaks when recording their compensable hours on their daily timesheets and further awarded the plaintiffs' attorneys one-third of the common fund.
4 minute read

Law.com

How We Started Our Own Law Firm: 'When You Start a Firm, You Have to Build That Infrastructure From Scratch'

"Starting a law firm meant becoming a small-business owner on day one."
8 minute read

The Recorder

Buchalter Appellate Leader Joins California Boutique

Mary-Christine "M.C." Sungaila joined Complex Appellate Litigation Group in Orange County, California.
3 minute read

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